ANOTHER great week’s fishing with catches exceeding 100lb on our local carp waters.

ANOTHER great week’s fishing with catches exceeding 100lb on our local carp waters.

From Liverpool to Southport and Ormskirk to Skelmersdale (and all points in between) the area is fast becoming one of THE places to fish. There are great lakes as well as drains, canals and rivers.

Mescar Lakes in Lydiate is producing fantastic match results with carp dominating the weights.Pleasure anglers can catch the magical 100lb on pellet and corn.

Another stocking into the Island Lake at Rosemary Wood has made the fishing incredible, with pellet, maggot, paste and sweetcorn catching nets to 100lb, even in matches. Pole is best, use splasher or feeder on larger lake.

Hurlston Hall, near Ormskirk, is giving rod- bending action on pop-up boilies and pellet with double figure carp. Large tench to sweetcorn.

Southport’s Danny Lee landed a double at Hurlston on only 3lb line when fishing for tench.

Drummersdale Lakes are good on meat, paste or pellet. Fishing on pole or tip can make your line whistle with the power of a hard-fighting carp.

Bannister House has had another stocking including a massive 4lb perch. Lots of bream, tench and carp. Pellet, paste, corn and maggot all catch.

Firswood Fisheries in Skelmersdale started their Wednesday evening matches this week, draw 4pm. Good fishery for tench, bream, carp and silvers on any bait. Pellet is most popular. To book on call Keith on 07980972307. There’s also a £1000 match in June and a £100 bonus for the first 100lb catch on any open match.

Lathom Fisheries is great all-round fishing on pole, tip, and waggler.

Sefton Farm is fishing well on salmon and halibut pellet. Plenty of hard- fighting carp but the beauty of this fishery is that it is packed with silver fish. Something to suit all anglers. Please note: all landing and keepnets to be dipped before fishing.

Sunday’s Open was won by Andy Lea with 50lb 5oz. Second was Kurtis Rothwell with 44lb 6oz and third was Danny Potter with 40lb 5oz.

High Eyes Farm in Eccleston is good on pellet and caster on pole for both carp and silvers.

Next to High Eyes is Orcherton House, great for barbel, carp and bream on sweetcorn, pellet and caster. No meat allowed.

Red Squirrel Fisheries on the Formby by-pass is fishing very well. Yearly membership for these lakes. Pellet, corn or maggot work best.

Just down the road is Ince Blundell fishery which is producing carp to 25lb on boilies. Quality roach can be caught on caster or maggot.

Leeds-Liverpool Canal is really hotting up for bream early morning or late evening on caster, bread or 6mm soft pellet.Bream are starting to shoal up for spawning, which improves catches. No keepnets allowed until June 16 except in matches.

Rufford Canal is similar but lots of eels, so avoid maggot. Look for the shoals and walk the canal for a while before fishing. I do, and I also pre-bait a swim, especially in May. Last year in three sessions alone I accounted for 80lb on this method.

Tip of the Week: I have been experimenting with flavoured casters. The best result was liquid brasem. Put your casters in a plastic bag, add brasem and shake. Seal the bag, taking all the air out, and leave overnight to absorb the flavour. On the bank, put them in water but make sure you only use the ones that sink.Bream and roach luv ‘em!

Sea Fishing

Up and down at the moment. New Brighton has fished poorly this week but some bass showing on the high tides at Hall Road.The beaches at Formby and Southport are producing. Two hours before low water and two hours after. Large flatties and bass to lug and razorfish.